📚H.S ENGLISH:Three Questions -Leo Tolstoy(DAQ+SAQ+MCQ)📚
✍️ DAQ:
Q. “All the answers being different, the Tsar agreed with none of them”….. What were the questions to which the Tsar got different answers? Whom did the Tsar decide to consult when he was not satisfied? Where did the person live whom the Tsar decided to consult? What was he famous for?
Ans:
The Tsar wanted to know the reply of three questions to succeed in life. Firstly, he wanted to know
the right time for every action. Secondly, he wanted to know the most important people for him,finally he wanted to know the most important work for him.
The Tsar decided to consult a hermit when he was not satisfied.
The hermit lived in a wood.
The hermit was famous for his wisdom.
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Q.Who was the wounded man ? Why did he want to kill the Tsar ? Who wounded him and how ?
Ans :-
⭐The wounded man was the brother of the Tsar's enemy.
⭐ He wanted to kill the Tsar because the Tsar once executed his brother and seized his property.
⭐The Tsar's bodyguard wounded the man when the man was waiting for the Tsar to be killed. The man knew that the Tsar had gone alone to meet the hermit. So he decided to take his revenge on the Tsar on his way back. But the Tsar did not return. Then the man came out from his ambush to find the Tsar. As soon as he came out he came upon the bodyguard of the Tsar. The Tsar's bodyguard at once recognized him and wounded him immediately. Thus the beaded man was wounded.
Q. What was the first question of the Tsar? Discuss the answer which he got from the hermit?
Ans :- The Tsar wanted to know the answer of three questions to get success. The first question was –What was the right time to begin anything?
He did not get satisfactory reply to this question from the learned men of his kingdom. So he went to a hermit, noted for his wisdom. The hermit told him that the best time to begin anything is - ‘Now’ because it is the only time when one has power.
Q. How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
OR How did the Tsar nurse the wounded man?
Ans :- The king and the hermit helped the wounded man by providing him the shelter and protected from the army. The king washed and covered the wound of the man with his handkerchief, but the blood would not stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until it stopped bleeding. They took him to hut for taking rest and king also gave him fresh water after being relaxed.
Q.“Forgive me” said the bearded man. Why did the man ask for the Tsar’s forgiveness? Explain.
Ans :- The bearded man was the enemy of the Tsar who sore to revenge himself on the Tsar because he had executed his brother and seized his property. The man came to know that the Tsar had gone alone to visit the hermit, and he resolved to kill the Tsar on his way back. But day passed and the Tsar did not return. So the man came out of his ambush and came upon the Tsar’s bodyguard recognized him and wounded him. The man somehow escaped from them and reached to the Tsar. The Tsar wounded his wounds and saved his life. So the man begged an apology of the Tsar.
Q. “You have already been answered.” Who said this and to whom? Explain the line.
Ans :-
⭐The above quoted line was said by the hermit to the Tsar.
⭐ Explaining his sentence, the hermit tells the Tsar that if he had not pitied his weakness and had not dug those two beds for him, but had gone his way, that bearded man would have attacked him, and he would have repented of not having stayed with him. So, for the Tsar the most important time was when he was digging the beds; and the hermit was the most important man; and to do him good was his most important business.
Q. What were the three questions of the Tsar? What reply did he get from the hermit?
Ans :- 👉The Tsar wanted to know the reply of three questions to succeed in life. Firstly, he wanted to know the right time for every action. Secondly, he wanted to know the most important people for him, and finally he wanted to know the most important work for him.
👉In order to find proper reply, the Tsar went to a hermit where the hermit told him that the right time for every action is now. The most important person is one with whom one is now, and the most important occupation is to do the person good.
✍️SAQ:
1.Who is the author of the story “Three questions”?
Ans: Leo Tolstoy is the author of the story “Three Questions”.
2. Why was the Tsar very eager to know the answers to his three questions?
Ans: The Tsar was very eager to know the answers to his three questions because he thought they (answers) would help him succeed in any of his undertakings.
3. What was the first question of the Tsar?
Ans: The first question of the Tsar was how he could know the right time to begin any action.
4. What was the second question of the Tsar? (2020)
Ans: The second question of the jar was how he could know who were the right people to listen to and whome to avoid.
5. What was the third question of the jar?Ans: The third question of the Tsar was what the most important thing for him to do was.
6. Who were, according to the learned men, the most necessary people for the Tsar?
Ans: According to the learned men, the most necessary people were councillors or priests or doctors or warriors.
7. Why did not the Tsar agree with the scholars?
Ans: The Tsar did not agree with the scholars because they all answered his questions differently.
8. Why did the Tsar decide to consult the hermit?
Ans: The Tsar decided to consult the hermit as he thought that the man is wise enough to answer his questions.
9. Where did the hermit live?
Ans: The hermit lived in a wood.
11. Whom did the hermit receive?
Ans: The hermit received none but common people.
12. What was the hermit doing when the Tsar came to visit him ?
Ans: The hermit was digging the land when the Tsar went to hermit’s Cottage.
13. What did the hermit do when the Tsar asked him three questions?
Ans: The hermit patiently listened to the Tsar but he said nothing in reply to his questions. He only spat on his hands and continued digging.
14. What did the Tsar do to help the hermit?
Ans: The Tsar started digging the land for the hermit.
15. “Here comes someone running” – who came running?
Ans: A bearded man came running.
16. What was the condition of the bearded man?
Ans: The bearded man was mortally wounded and blood was flowing from his wound.
17What was the hermit doing in the seedbed sitting on his knees?
Ans: The hermit was sowing seeds in the seedbed.
18. What did the Tsar promise to do for the wounded man?
Ans: The Tsar promised to restore his property seized by the Tsar previously.
19. What did the Tsar see when he unfastened the clothes of the wounded man?
Ans: The Tsar saw a large wound in the stomach of the wounded man when he unfastened the clothes of the wounded man.
20. What was the condition of the bearded man?
Ans: The bearded man was mortally wounded and blood was flowing from his wound.
21. When was the wounded man brought to the hermits cottage?
Ans: When the wounded man got back his sense in the evening he was brought to the hermit’s cottage.
22. What happened to the wounded man when he reached the hermit’s cottage?
Ans: The wounded man fell fainting on the ground when he reached the hermit’s cottage.
23. What did the Tsar notice when he woke up?
Ans: The Tsar saw the bearded man looking at him intently when he woke up.
24. How did the wounded man inform his identity?
Ans: The wounded man informed tha he was an enemy of the Tsar.
25. Who wounded the bearded man?
Ans: The bodyguard of the Tsar wounded the bearded man.
26. What did the Tsar say when the bearded man begged for mercy (দয়া)?
Ans : When the bearded man begged for mercy the Tsar said that he did not know him and had nothing to forgive him for.
27. What did the wounded man promise the Tsar? (2020)
Ans: The wounded man promised the Tsar that he (the wounded man) would serve him (theTsar) as his most faithful slave and he would order his sons to do the same.
28. Where did the Tsar fall asleep?
Ans: The Tsar fell asleep on the threshold or entrance of the hermit’s hut.
29. How many times did the Tsar ask the hermit for the answers to his three questions?
Ans: The asked the hermit thrice for the answers to his three questions.
30. What did the Tsar do see the hermit work and sweat?
Ans: The Tsar took the spade from the hermit and started digging the ground.
✍️MCQ:
1.The Tsar would never fail in anything he undertook, if he knew
(a) The most important man (b) the most important time(c) the most important place(d) the most important thing to do
Ans:(d) the most important thing to do
2.The answers that the learned men gave the Tsar were –(a) same(b) Different(c) Opposing(d) Bewildering.
Ans:(b) Different.
3.The hermit, The Tsar received only
(a) Common folk(b) Wise men(c) Kings(d) Villagers
Ans:(a) Common folk.
4.The hermit was
(a) Frail and weak(b) Healthy(c) Bulky(d) Strong built
Ans:(a) Frail and weak
5.The third question was what was the most important –
(a) Occupation(b) Place(c) Time(d) Thing
Ans:
(d) Thing
6.The bearded man was actually, the king’s—
(a) friend(b) Guide(c) Enemy (d) Body guard
Ans:(c) Enemy
7.The hermit lived in a wood which he –
(a) Often left(b) Often hunted in(c) Never quitted(d) Seldom feared
Ans:(c) Never quitted.
8.When the king went to the wood to meet the hermit he left behind his
(a) commander-in-chief(b) The learned men(c) Body guards(d) The enemy
Ans:(c) Body guards.
9.When the Tsar approached the hermit he was
(a) Planting flowers(b) Digging the ground(c) ploughing the field(d) Sitting and resting
Ans:(b) Digging the ground.
10.When the Tsar offered to help the hermit, he
(a) Accepted the help
(b) Refused the Tsar(c) Asked to work together(d) Continued working alone
Ans:(a) Accepted the help.
11.The Tsar stopped and repeated his question to the hermit, after digging
(a) Two beds(b) One bed(c) Four beds(d) None
Ans:(a) Two beds
12.When the Tsar reached the hermit’s hut, he was
(a) Drawing water(b) Planting saplings(c) Digging the ground(d) Sweeping
Ans:(c) Digging the ground.
13.The Tsar went to visit the hermit in –
(a) king’s attire(b) Simple clothes(c) Farmer’s disguise(d) A magician’s robe
Ans:(b) Simple clothes
14.The Tsar wanted to know the right time to
(a) Talk(b) Work(c) End anything(d) Begin anything
Ans:(d) Begin anything
15.The Tsar was very ——— to have made peace with his energy –
(a) Angry(b) Surprised(c) Glad(d) Unhappy
Ans:(c) Glad
16.The answer his three questions the Tsar had invited
(a) Scholars and learned men(b) Priests(c) Soldiers(d) Doctors
Ans:(a) Scholars and learned men
17.The bearded man had been wounded by –
(a) The Tsar(b) Hermit(c) Body guard(d) His brother
Ans:(c) Body guard.
18.The bearded man wanted to kill the Tsar because –
(a) He wanted to sit on the throne(b) He wanted to take revenge(c) He wanted to rob the Tsar(d) He was a murderer
Ans:(b) He wanted to take revenge.
19.The body guard was waiting for the Tsar
(a) In the forest(b) Outside the hut(c) Outside the forest(d) In the hut
Ans:(a) In the forest
20.The hermit only met
a) Ordinary folk
(b) Royalty
(c) Poor people
(d) Scholars
Ans:(a) Ordinary folk
21.The Tsar had executed the bearded man’s –(a) Father(b) Son(c) Uncle(d) Brothers
Ans:(d) Brothers.
Explanation: The bearded man who was wounded, later revealed that he was an enemy of the Tsar who wanted to take his revenge because the Tsar had executed his brother and seized his property.
Question 22:
Seeing the Tsar, the hermit
(a) Greeted him with a smile
(b) Offered him water
(c) Offered him food and shelter
(d) Greeted him and went on digging
Ans:
(d) Greeted him and went on digging
Explanation: The Tsar, who reached the hermit’s hut in a disguise of common man, the hermit saw him coming and greeted him, but after that he kept of digging the ground continuously.
Question 23:
When the Tsar went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit, he was
(a) Sowing seeds
(b) Digging beds
(c) Nursing the wound of the
(d) Speaking to the wounded man bearded man
Ans:
(a) Sowing seeds
Explanation: Before leaving the hermit hut, the Tsar wished to beg him once more to answer his three questions that he had asked him earlier. While looking around, the hermit was saving seeds in the beds that was being dug the day before.
Question 24:
The answers that the Tsar got from the learned men, were all –
(a) Similar
(b) Different
(c) Correct
(d) Incorrect
Ans:
(b) Different
Explanation: The Tsar was in search of the answers of his three questions, but he received all different answers to his questions that made him totally disappointed.
Question 25:
When at last the blood ceased flowing the man revived and asked for –
(a) Food
(b) Water
(c) Medicine
(d) Shelter
Ans:
(b) Water
Explanation: Here, the man was referred to the wounded man who was hurt by the Tsar’s bodyguard. He was treated by the Tsar himself until the blood stopped flowing. After being healed and returned to his life, the wounded man asked for water to drink.
Question 26:
The wounded man swore to revenge himself on the Tsar because
(a) Killed his brother
(b) unprisoned his brother
(c) Seized his kingdom
(d) Executed his brother and seized his property
Ans:
(d) Executed his brother and seized his property.
Explanation: The wounded man wanted to kill the Tsar because once the Tsar killed his brother and seized his property. Therefore, the wounded man wanted to take revenge on the Tsar.
Question 27:
Some suggested that the Tsar should have a Council of wise men to
(a) Decide what was his most important occupation
(b) Help him to fix proper time for everything.
(c) Decide who were the right people to listen to
d) Decide whom to avoid
Ans:
(b) Help him to fix proper time for everything.
Explanation: Some people suggested that Tsar should have a council of wise men to because it was impossible for a person to decide the right time for every action. So … a wise man might have all his answers.
Question 28:
When the Tsar approached the hermit, he was
(a) Having lunch
(b) Mopping his hut
(c) Digging the ground
(d) Reading a book
Ans:
(c) Digging the ground
Explanation: When the Tsar reached the hermit’s hut, he saw that the hermit was digging the ground with a spade in front of his hut.
Question 29:
Having taken leave of the wounded man, the Tsar
(a) Looked for his horse
(b) Looked for his bodyguards
(c) Went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit
(d) Walked away without informing the hermit
Ans:
(c) Went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit
Explanation: The Tsar was pleased and happy to made up with his enemy, and after that he went out to look for the hermit because the Tsar was still confused and again he wanted to ask the hermit for the answers of his three questions.
Question 30:
Each time the hermit stuck his spade into the ground, he
(a) Sat down for rest
(b) Drank water
(c) Wiped off the sweat on his fore head
(d) Breathed heavily.
Ans:
(d) Breathed heavily.
Explanation: After the Tsar reached the hermit’s place, he saw that the hermit was digging the ground. The hermit seemed very frail and weak because every time he stuck the spade into the ground, he takes a heavy breathe.
Question 31:
The Tsar stopped after digging
(a) One bed
(b) Three beds
(c) Six beds
(d) Two beds
Ans:
(d) Two beds
Explanation: The Tsar offered to help the hermit in digging the ground. After digging two beds, he repeated his three questions to the hermit with a hope to get the answers from.
Question 32:
The hermit was widely renowned for his
(a) Knowledge
(b) Simplicity
(c) Wisdom
(d) Clarity of thought
Ans:
(c) Wisdom
